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Habitat Requirements for the Softshell Clam, Mya Arenaria in the Chesapeake Bay W&M ScholarWorks Reports 12-1990 Habitat Requirements for the Softshell Clam, Mya arenaria in the Chesapeake Bay Patrick Baker Virginia Institute of Marine Science Roger L. Mann Virginia Institute of Marine Science Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports Part of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Commons, and the Marine Biology Commons Recommended Citation Baker, P., & Mann, R. L. (1990) Habitat Requirements for the Softshell Clam, Mya arenaria in the Chesapeake Bay. Special Scientific Report No. 125. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.25773/v5-jc3f-tk19 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Reports by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. for oo' oo' of Marine Science e of William and Mary r Point, Virignia 23062 oo' HABITAT REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOFTSHELL CLAM. Mya arenaria. IN CHESAPEAKE BAY Patrick Baker and Roger Mann Special Scientific Report No. 125 Virginia Institute of Marine Science School of Marine Science The College of William and Mary Gloucester Point, VA 23062 December 1990 Supported in part by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ' I ii Page Table of Contents iii ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION 1 2 BACKGROUND Nomenclature 2 Geographical Range 2 Identification Aids 2 LIFE HISTORY 2 Spawning and Fecundity 2 Eggs and Larval Development ·4 Juveniles. Growth. and Adults 4 Distribution. Population Status. and Trends 5 8 ECOLOGICAL ROLE Role as Filter Feeder 8 9 Role of Empty .Snefls~ - Predators 9 13 HABITAT REQUIREMENTS Salinity. Temperature.- and pH 13 Habitat Characteristics 14 Anoxia and Depth 14 14 SPECIAL PROBLEMS Contaminants: Toxicities of Heavy Metals and Pesticides 14 Contaminants: Petroleum and Petroleum Products 15 Contaminants: Bioaccumulation 16 Pathogens and Parasites 16 Sewage and Eutrophication 17 18 Disturbance 18 Miscellaneous CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 18 Fishery Recommendations 18 Pollution Recommendations 19 Development Recommendations 19 20 SPECIES LIST 21 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 22 LITERATURE CITED iii ABSTRACT Large populations of softshell clams persist only in relatively shallow, sandy. mesohaline portions of Chesapeake Bay. These areas are mostly in Maryland, but can also occur in the Rappahannock River, Virginia. In some other portions of the bay, especially polyhaline portions, sparse populations of soft shell clams persist subtidally. Restricted populations exist intertidally. Softshell clams grow rapidly in Chesapeake Bay. reaching commercial size in two years or less. They reproduce twice per year, in spring and fall, but probably only fall spawnings are important in maintaining population levels. Major recruitment events do not occur in most years. despite heavy annual sets. Softshell clams are a major food item for many predator species. Major predators on juveniles include blue crabs. mud crabs. flatworms, mummichogs. and spot. Major predators on adults include blue crabs, eels, and cownose rays. Some other species that may depend heavily on softshell clams include overwintering and migrating ducks. geese. and swans. and estuarine populations of muskrats and raccoons. Diseases may play an important role in regulating populations of adult softshell clams, and hydrocarbon pollution is linked to increased frequency of disease. Oil pollution does the most widespread and persistent damage to softshell clams. and may also induce disease. Heavy metals, pesticides, and other contaminants can be extremely toxic, but the harmful effects to clams do not last when the contamination abates. The main concern with these toxin compounds is the chance of bioaccumulation by softshell clams, thereby passing the compounds on topredators or to humans. Siltation, caused by storm events, dredging operations. or erosion. can smother clam populations. Eutrophication, enhanced by nutrient inputs from sewage or agriculture. is not yet known to have affected softshell clam populations, but the danger exists. 1. INTRODUCTION Low salinity limits the upstream distribution of soft shell clams in most of the major tributaries of Chesapeake Bay. In shallow and mesohaline portions of the bay. clams have more time to grow to a relative size refuge. Predation pressure places an effective upper salinity limit to softshell clam distribution. Optimal areas are found on the Eastern Shore from Pocomoke Sound to Eastern Bay. and on the western side from the Rappahannock River to the Severn River. Maryland. Ideal conditions may exist in small areas in other portions of the bay also, and low population densities exist throughout most of the bay. Predators virtually eradicate softshell clams of all sizes in soft mud. so only sandy areas contain significant levels of clams (Pfitzenmeyer and Drobeck. 1963). Seasonal anoxia is normally restricted to deep waters. which do not support softshell clam populations. but periodic "seiching" events can temporarily inundate shallower areas with anoxic water. Softshell clams spawn twice in most years. Juveniles that recruit in spring rarely survive because of predation pressure. A major recruitment event may occur only every ten to fifteen years. Severe temperature shifts for intertidal populations can eliminate large numbers of recent recruits in a short period. Population levels of harvestable softshell clams have declined since exploitation began in 1953. Major harvesting of Maryland softshell clam stocks began in 1953. harvests climbed to 3.700.000 kg in 1964 and remained stable until 1971. Harvests in Virginia began in 1955. reached a peak of 180,000 kg in 1966, but ceased in 1968. Tropical storm Agnes in 1972 was responsible for poor harvests in Maryland in the early 1970s (Smith and Marasco. 1977). but stocks had apparently collapsed in Virginia prior to the storm. In 1973 harvests in Maryland were only 300.000 kg. but rebounded to 1.400,000 in 1988. There has been no significant harvest of softshell clams in Virginia since 1968. Softshell clams are major components of the filter feeding benthic infauna of the mesohaline portion of the bay. consuming microscopic algae filtered from water drawn into their incurrent siphon. There is evidence from other systems that softshell clams are very important in removing particles from the water. even as small juveniles. A density of 3.000 juveniles averaging 2.5 mm long in an area of one square meter can filter one cubic meter of water per day. while 1.500 juveniles 5 mm long in the same area can filter 2.5 cubic meters per day. Filtering caoability increases exponentially with shell length. The abundance of soft shell clams in the bay underscores their importance as importance as members of the benthic infauna. yet their documented variability in abundance (with resultant effect on the commercial fishery) suggests a possible role as indicator species of temporal and spatial change in the bay environment. With this in mind we offer this report to biologists. managers, and legislators as a brief introduction to the biology of the soft shell clam. and further comment on issues that affect its continued existence in the bay. 2. BACKGROUND Nomenclature Scientific name ••.•.•••..•• Mya arenaria Common names .•••••••••.•••• softshell clam. mannose. steamer clam Phylum •••.•••••.••••••••••• Mollusca Class ...................... Bivalvia Subclass •••••••••.•••••••.• Heterodonta Order . .................... Myoida Family ..................... Myidae Geographical Range The softshell clam is found in marine and estuarine waters. intertidally and subtidally to depths of nearly 200 m along the Atlantic coast of North America from northern Labra4or to Florida. with maximum abundances from Maine to Virginia (Laursen, 1966; Theroux and Wigley, 1983). It is also found throughout Europe from northern Nqrway to the Black Sea (Laursen. 1966; Gomoiu. 1981) and has been successfully introduced to the west coast of North America from southern Alaska to southern California (Fitch. 1953). Identification Aids The softshell clam rarely exceeds 11 em in shell length in Chesapeake Bay (Appeldoorn, 1983), and is elongate and oval in outline. The shells gape at both ends when closed, and in life the foot and the siphons protrude from either end. The fused siphons (also called the "neck") are covered with a leathery integument (see Figure 1). The shell is relatively brittle (hence the name "softshell clam"). and in life is at least partially covered with a thin grey or tan parchment-like periostracum, while dead shells quickly become bleached chalk-~.rhite. Inside the left-hand shell there is a spoon-like chondrophore attached to the hinge (see Figure 1). LIFE HISTORY Spawning and Fecundity Softshell clams usually spawn twice per year in Chesapeake Bay; once in mid to late autumn, and once in late spring. The actual times depend on the temperature of the water, because the clams can spawn only in water between 10 and 20° c. and most efficiently at 12-15° C (Pfitzenmeyer, 1965; Lucy, 1976). Optimal temperatures occur for only a few weeks every year. and if the length of time that these conditions exist is too short, the clams may not spawn at all. This most often happens in spring (Shaw. 1964, 1965; Lucy. 1976). During spawning both eggs and sperm are released externally. It has been found for other benthic invertebrates that spa\.rn this way. that fertilization success decreases sharply with both sperm dilution
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